Cher Lloyd: 'Paije should have stayed'

Cher Lloyd has claimed that she is annoyed that Paije Richardson was axed on tonight's X Factor.

Lloyd survived a sing-off with the 20-year-old cinema worker after impressing the judges with an emotional rendition of Shakespears Sister's 'Stay'.

Speaking on The Xtra Factor, the Malvern native implied that some of the other acts should have left before Richardson.

"I'm a bit speechless. I just want to say sorry," said Lloyd. "Because I really got to know Paije and I really like him as a friend. I don't think he should have gone. I'm a bit annoyed... Look what happened with Aiden..."

She added: "I don't know what it was [that went wrong], but I'm going to kick my butt in gear and take it up a level. I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure I'm really good [next week]."